Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.31.001 A—C
Accession#:
2013.31
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase.
Object Name:
Book
Title:
From Long Ago
Artist — Creator:
Dale DeArmond
Artist — Creator Role:
Artist
Date:
1997
Description:
Book entitled "From Long Ago" by Dale DeArmond featuring wood block prints from her Hat Series. Book is contained in a black box and has a black cover in the shape of a long house facade. Book expands accordion style to reveal the prints in two horizontal rows. A booklet with descriptions of each print is found in the lid of the outer box.

A: Box ——— Box covered in black fabric. Gold text on the spine edge reads: "FROM LONG AGO".

B: Book —— Double sided accordion style book. Front and back cover are in the shape of a house facade. Front cover has a flap which when open reveals a yellow—gold paper with black text reading: "FROM \ LONG \ AGO \ Crests, Hats, and Masks \ from \ Alaska's Past \ Dale DeArmond \ North Bound Books \ Anchorage, Alaska \ 1996". Below the date is a logo consisting of three triangles with two vertical lines in between them. The book expands to show twelve (12) wood block prints, six on each side. On one side are the prints are titled: Aleut Hunting Visor, Raven Hat, Dance Hat, Raven Frog Hat, Eskimo Hat, and Sea Monster Hat. On the other side the prints are titled: Mountain Eagle Hat, Young Raven Hat, Bear's Ears Hat, Seal Decoy Hat, Three Ring Potlatch Hat, and Aleut Hunting Hat. All titles are hand written in pencil below the proper right corner of the corresponding print.

C: Booklet —— Booklet with black cover. Inside of front and back cover is painted yellow—gold. Pages are white with black text. The bottom of each page has the three triangle logo printed in a tan logo. One tan triangle is next to the title of each paragraph. Each of the twelve prints has a corresponding paragraph describing the hat. There is also a title page, a copyright page, an introduction page and a colophon page.


Wood block print descriptions:
Wood engraving with colored pencil of Aleut Hunting Visor by Dale DeArmond. A three—quarters profile of man's face looking to the proper left. Man is wearing a bird skin parka with a seal gut hood and a carved wooden visor decorated with ivory and sea lion whiskers. The visor is decorated with blue and red pencil. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Raven Hat by Dale DeArmond. Print shows a three—quarters profile of a man wearing a shawl and hat. Shawl is shaded with yellow—orange and white pencil. Hat features the head of a raven and is shaded with red, gold and blue pencil. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Dance Hat by Dale DeArmond. Print shows forward facing woman wearing a shawl and hat. Woman's cheeks are shaded with red pencil. Shawl is black with a red colored collar and an image of a bird shaded with blue—green, red, and orange pencil. Woman is wearing square blue—green earrings. Hat features a red, pink and blue—green geometric design and has beaded fringe around brim. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Raven Frog Hat by Dale DeArmond. A three—quarters profile of man's face looking to the proper left. Man is wearing a black shirt with blue buttons and a craved hat. The Hat has a the face of a frog near the brim with a raven's head protruding above it. Stylized raven feathers are along the backside of hat. The hat is shaded with blue, green, yellow and red pencil. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Eskimo Hat by Dale DeArmond. Print shows forward facing person wearing a mask. Person is wearing a collar of fur and two labrets in his lower lip (one trade bead and one carved ivory). Labrets are shaded with blue and white pencil. Mask has eye and nose holes and has two plant like projections on the top. The mask is shaded with red and blue pencil. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Sea Monster Hat by Dale DeArmond. A profile of man's face looking to the proper right. Man is wearing a red and blue shawl and a craved hat. The Hat has a lizard—looking animal on it. The hat is shaded with blue, green and red pencil. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Mountain Eagle Hat by Dale DeArmond. Side profile of man's face looking to the proper right. Man is wearing a carved hat that has three layers of feathers and a eagle's head at top. Eagle has an abalone eye and a feather head plume. Abalone details are colored blue and the background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Print ink is black. Decorative boarder around edge.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Young Raven Hat by Dale DeArmond. Print shows forward facing woman who's cheeks are shaded with red pencil. Her clothes have blue—green and red details. She is wearing a black hat with the head of an infant raven on top looking towards the proper right. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge with blue and green corner details.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of the Bear's Ears Hat by Dale DeArmond. Print shows a man with his head slightly facing the proper right. His clothes are black, yellow—orange, yellow and white. His hat is divided into two areas representing bear ears. Hat is shaded with pink, blue, and green pencil. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Seal Decoy Hat by Dale DeArmond. Print shows a three—quarters profile of man's face looking to the proper left. Man is wearing a collar of fur, two labrets in his lower lip ivory and a trade beads. Beads and lip ivory are shaded with blue, red and white pencil. His hat resembles a seal's head and has seal whiskers. The hat is shaded with red pencil. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Three Ring Potlatch Hat by Dale DeArmond. Print shows a three—quarters profile of a man angled towards the proper left. Man is wearing a shawl that is shaded with red, blue and blue—green pencil. Man is wearing a woven hat. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge with blue and green corner details.

Wood engraving with colored pencil of Hunting Hat —Aleut by Dale DeArmond. Side profile of man's face looking to the proper left. Man is wearing a seal gut parka and a carved wooden hat with ivory decorations and sea lion whiskers. The hat is decorated with blue, red, green and yellow pencil. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge.
Notes:
Colophon page of booklet identifies the book as copy number 8 of a limited edition printing of 15 copies. Engravings and text by Dale DeArmond. Book binding designed and executed by Artemis BonaDea of Anchorage.
People:
DeArmond, Dale
DeArmond, Bill
Bona Dea, Artemis
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